Tigers hoping to catch fire in SEC Tournament

11:50 PM,
Mar. 12, 2014

LSU's Jarell Martin gets around Georgia's Tim Dixon during the Tigers' final regular season game Saturday.

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It is not recommended by educators, but cramming for a final exam can result in an A. Then, you dance.

That is the only path to the NCAA "Big Dance" Tournament for the LSU basketball team, which limps into the Southeastern Conference Tournament in Atlanta Thursday for a 6 p.m. game against Alabama. ESPN3 and SEC-TV will televise all of the SEC Tournament, excluding the championship game at 2:15 p.m. Sunday that ESPN will pick up.

If the seventh-seeded Tigers (18-12, 9-9 SEC) can win four games in four days, they are in the NCAA Tournament that starts next week with an automatic bid. Simple as that. ...